From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org>,
Andy Shevchenko <andy@infradead.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"James E . J . Bottomley" <jejb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
"Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
linux-scsi <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>,
"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@dell.com>,
Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@gmail.com>,
Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/22] platform/x86: alienware-wmi: fix format string overflow warning
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 22:18:25 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHp75Vd2eZAj++QdGraspjpTX=VPVR6qY+iCZiHsySGvUcGVmQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170714120720.906842-18-arnd@arndb.de>
On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> gcc points out a possible format string overflow for a large value of 'zone':
>
> drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c: In function 'alienware_wmi_init':
> drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c:461:24: error: '%02X' directive writing between 2 and 8 bytes into a region of size 6 [-Werror=format-overflow=]
> sprintf(buffer, "zone%02X", i);
> ^~~~
> drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c:461:19: note: directive argument in the range [0, 2147483646]
> sprintf(buffer, "zone%02X", i);
> ^~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c:461:3: note: 'sprintf' output between 7 and 13 bytes into a destination of size 10
>
> While the zone should never be that large, it's easy to make the
> buffer a few bytes longer so gcc can prove this to be safe.
Please, be a bit smarter on such fixes.
Here we need to convert
int i;
to
u8 i;
I will take it after addressing above.
P.S. You may do this change across the file.
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c
> index 0831b428c217..acc01242da82 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c
> @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(lighting_control_state, 0644, show_control_state,
> static int alienware_zone_init(struct platform_device *dev)
> {
> int i;
> - char buffer[10];
> + char buffer[13];
> char *name;
>
> if (interface == WMAX) {
> --
> 2.9.0
>
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-07-14 19:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-07-14 12:06 [PATCH 00/22] gcc-7 -Wformat-* warnings Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:06 ` [PATCH 01/22] kbuild: disable -Wformat-truncation warnings by default Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:06 ` [PATCH 02/22] scsi: megaraid: fix format-overflow warning Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:06 ` [PATCH 03/22] scsi: mpt3sas: fix format overflow warning Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:06 ` [PATCH 04/22] scsi: fusion: fix string " Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-17 9:17 ` David Laight
2017-07-17 12:00 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:06 ` [PATCH 05/22] scsi: gdth: avoid buffer " Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:06 ` [PATCH 06/22] scsi: fnic: fix format string " Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:06 ` [PATCH 07/22] scsi: gdth: increase the procfs event buffer size Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:07 ` [PATCH 08/22] isdn: divert: fix sprintf buffer overflow warning Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 16:03 ` David Miller
2017-07-14 12:07 ` [PATCH 09/22] net: niu: fix format string overflow warning: Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 16:03 ` David Miller
2017-07-14 12:07 ` [PATCH 10/22] bnx2x: fix format overflow warning Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 16:03 ` David Miller
2017-07-14 12:07 ` [PATCH 11/22] net: thunder_bgx: avoid format string " Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:33 ` Robin Murphy
2017-07-14 16:03 ` David Miller
2017-07-14 12:07 ` [PATCH 12/22] vmxnet3: avoid format strint " Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 16:04 ` David Miller
2017-07-14 12:07 ` [PATCH 13/22] liquidio: fix possible eeprom format string overflow Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 16:04 ` David Miller
2017-07-14 22:40 ` Burla, Satananda
2017-07-14 12:07 ` [PATCH 14/22] [media] usbvision-i2c: fix format overflow warning Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-17 12:53 ` Hans Verkuil
2017-07-17 12:57 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-17 12:59 ` Hans Verkuil
2017-07-14 12:07 ` [PATCH 15/22] hwmon: applesmc: fix format string overflow Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 14:06 ` Guenter Roeck
2017-07-14 12:07 ` [PATCH 16/22] x86: intel-mid: fix a format string overflow warning Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:07 ` [PATCH 17/22] platform/x86: alienware-wmi: fix " Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 18:30 ` Mario.Limonciello
2017-07-14 19:18 ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2017-07-14 19:37 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 19:49 ` Andy Shevchenko
2017-07-14 12:07 ` [PATCH 18/22] gpio: acpi: fix string overflow for large pin numbers Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:52 ` Andy Shevchenko
2017-07-14 19:59 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:07 ` [PATCH 19/22] block: DAC960: shut up format-overflow warning Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 14:04 ` Jens Axboe
2017-07-14 12:07 ` [PATCH 20/22] sound: pci: avoid string overflow warnings Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:28 ` Takashi Iwai
2017-07-18 11:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:07 ` [PATCH 21/22] fscache: fix fscache_objlist_show format processing Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 12:07 ` [PATCH 22/22] IB/mlx4: fix sprintf format warning Arnd Bergmann
2017-07-14 13:48 ` Leon Romanovsky
2017-07-25 1:48 ` [PATCH 00/22] gcc-7 -Wformat-* warnings Martin K. Petersen
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